Chapter seven paleoceanographical proxies based on deep-sea benthic foraminiferal assemblage characteristics

FJ Jorissen, C Fontanier, E Thomas - Developments in marine geology, 2007 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the paleoceanographical proxies based on
deep-sea benthic foraminiferal assemblage characteristics, and presents the following three …

[BOOK][B] Meiobenthology: the microscopic motile fauna of aquatic sediments

O Giere - 2008 - books.google.com
Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …

Metazoan meiobenthos along continental margins: a review

T Soltwedel - Progress in oceanography, 2000 - Elsevier
The sediment-inhabiting meiofauna is a major component of benthic ecosystems,
particularly in the deep sea. Knowledge on the deep-sea meiobenthos has increased …

The ecology of living (stained) deep‐sea benthic foraminifera from the Sulu Sea

AE Rathburn, BH Corliss - Paleoceanography, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of living (rose bengal stained) deep‐sea benthic foraminifera was
determined in the upper 20 cm of sediments of eight Soutar box cores taken from two depth …

The role of benthic foraminifera in deep-sea food webs and carbon cycling

AJ Gooday, LA Levin, P Linke, T Heeger - Deep-sea food chains and the …, 1992 - Springer
Benthic foraminifers are a major element in deep-sea sediment and hard-substrate
communities, sometimes accounting for 50% or more of eukaryotic biomass. They feed at a …

Vertical migratory response of benthic foraminifera to controlled oxygen concentrations in an experimental mesocosm

E Alve, JM Bernhard - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1995 - JSTOR
This experimental study investigated the vertical migratory response of benthic foraminifera
in sediments that were initially oxygenated, to variations in dissolved-oxygen concentrations …

Living benthic foraminifers from the central Arctic Ocean: faunal composition, standing stock and diversity

JE Wollenburg, A Mackensen - Marine Micropaleontology, 1998 - Elsevier
Fifty short sediment cores collected with a multiple corer and five box cores from the central
Arctic Ocean were analysed to study the ecology and distribution of benthic foraminifers. To …

The deep-sea floor: anoverview

D Thistle - Ecosystems of the deep oceans, 2003 - books.google.com
This chapter provides a general introduction to the ecosystem of the deep-sea floor,
beginning with a description of the physical environment of the deep sea. A section on how …

Meiofaunal foraminiferans from the bathyal Porcupine Seabight (northeast Atlantic): size structure, standing stock, taxonomic composition, species diversity and …

AJ Gooday - Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research …, 1986 - Elsevier
Abstract Living benthic Foraminifera in Multiple Corer samples collected at 1320–1340 m in
the Porcupine Seabight have been evaluated using standard meiofaunal techniques. The …

Live benthic foraminiferal faunas from the French Mediterranean Coast: Towards a new biotic index of environmental quality

C Barras, FJ Jorissen, C Labrune, B Andral… - Ecological …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, living (Rose Bengal stained) foraminiferal faunas from 31 stations along the
entire French Mediterranean Sea coast except Corsica have been analysed. In the context …